House of the Day: 208 Hancock Street
The days of someone paying a lot of money for a wreck of a house in Bed Stuy are over, if they were ever really here at all. (Most of the houses in Bed Stuy that sold for close to a million dollars or more in the last couple of years were either in good…
The days of someone paying a lot of money for a wreck of a house in Bed Stuy are over, if they were ever really here at all. (Most of the houses in Bed Stuy that sold for close to a million dollars or more in the last couple of years were either in good shape or had something pretty spectacular to recommend them.) As much as we dig the exterior of this brownstone at 208 Hancock Street, we’d be very surprised if someone paid the asking price of $859,000. There are no interior photos of the 3-family, 3,600-square-foot house, but judging from those windows, we’d be surprised if the inside of the house had been particularly well-preserved. So what do you think the market is for something like this? Not very strong, we’d guess.
208 Hancock Street [Weichert] GMAP P*Shark
Vacant. Mechanicals need upgrading. TLC through out. What would it fetch?
better make it a lightning rod too dittoburg.
sam…you are definitely correct but i confirmed, in this case, the building is vacant. At least thats what the dummy on the other end of the line told me.
Is there a weather vane or finial on the turret roof or not? I don’t know why brokers don’t provide this information.
make new…you are an idiot. MacD picked a north-south Ave and an east-west street and got it all right. Do you have problems figuring out the streets and avenues in Manhattan too???
whether or not a renter has a rent-stabilized lease they are still a heartache to get rid of.
Even if the don’t pay rent.
And if they are over 61, forget it, the house is theirs.
Welcome to Brooklyn Housing Court.
Thanks 7andfive. Its got a real neighborhood feel. Distance to Manhattan isn’t the issue for me..its good places to eat and drink within walking distance.
MacD
Green Ave runs east and west
Tompkins runs north)south
So using your divisions it would be:
Upper left = North east Bed Stuy
Lower left = North west Bed Stuy
Upper right = South east Bed Stuy
Lower right = South west Bed Stuy
Those are nice white vinyl windows on the front facade. That adds at least $249.99 to the sale price.
I always wonder what the real story is when I see offerings like this one.